Sunday, July 14, 2013
The Mirror Within Comments
Rating: ★4.3
I stand on the outside looking in.
I am not comforted by what I see.
Someone is in there hiding.
She is not what she appears to be.
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Jesse Ellsbury
14 July 2013
I really like the metaphor of the mirror deflecting negative feelings. And I love the progression from self-loathing to validation. Hard to do in a short poem. Very well done. I look forward to reading more of your work.
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7/18/2025 8:18:25 PM # 1.0.0
She is the mirror within. She is deflecting all of my animosity. Nice perception. Way different from your poem What Lies Beneath A word of thanks for the nice comment of Jesse Elisbury.